Staff Data Engineer
Core
Senior technical leader owning the architecture and reliability of data pipelines, warehouse, and transformation layers for a global collectibles authentication and trading platform.
Role type
Staff Data Engineer (hands-on IC)
Builds
Scalable data ingestion pipelines, Google BigQuery warehouse, dbt transformation layer, and agentic analytics foundations.
Domain
Collectibles market (trading cards, autographs, coins, etc.) + Cloud Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cloud data warehousing (BigQuery), dbt, data ingestion (Hevo, Estuary), Python, SQL, CI/CD, system architecture design, AI-assisted development (Claude Code), observability, data governance
Preferred skills
Lakehouse patterns, open table formats, alternative query engines, serverless compute management
Technologies
Google BigQuery, dbt, Hevo, Estuary, Python, SQL, Claude Code, GCP
Responsibilities
Own data platform architecture; set technical bar via design/code reviews; build scalable ingestion pipelines; develop with AI coding agents; establish reliability/observability practices; strengthen data governance; partner with stakeholders to translate needs into platform capabilities; engineer APIs and tooling; drive warehouse evolution.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with outsized influence
